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Kang Tae-jun
Tae-jun Kang is the former NK News East Asia Correspondent. Prior to writing, he worked as a riot police officer in South Korea for two years.
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News NK blasts South’s ‘idiot’ defense ministry spokesmanNorth vows consequences if S. Korean president does not issue punishment for remarks
North Korea has released a serious of reports criticizing South Korea’s Defense Ministry spokesman, who recently said North Korea is “not a country.” Kim criticized North Korea at Monday’s briefing in Seoul, saying that North Korea exists only for one person. A report from North Korea’s National Defense Commission (NDC) released by Korea Central News Agency (KCNA) on May 13, Defense Ministry spokesman Kim Min-seok was referred to as “idiot-like.” The report insisted that such reckless remarks have never been made in the “distress-torn history” of national division. The report quickly switched its criticism toward the South Korean President Park © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |